Dazzled by the brilliant win against Levante and enthralled by their theoretical superiority in the category, Espanyol committed a new capital sin that this time they were not able to rectify against the modest Eldense. For the second time in fifteen days they sinned from arrogance and, as already happened against Amorebieta, they were surprised at the start by a team recently promoted from the Primera RFEF. He did not learn from the mistakes of the recent past and this time he was not accompanied by success or epic to come back. It was enough for Eldense to arrive a couple of times in the first fifteen minutes of the game to unravel the lavish Spanish project. From there, a race against time in which Puado arrived in time to tie the score after twelve minutes of added time.
Espanyol stumbled over the same stone again because it repeated specific and recurring errors. Another inopportune clearance by Pol Lozano appeared towards an opponent inside the area and Soberón did not forgive to beat Pacheco. Some rowers of this luxurious blue and white yacht have not yet understood that in this category every false step is paid for. Still stunned by the blow, a loss by Salvi in the middle helped the people from Elche to build a quick transition and convert the second with a cross shot by Iván Chapela. There were 75 minutes left, but Espanyol once again faced the ordeal of having to come back.
And it was an ordeal because before and after Eldense's two goals, Espanyol was superior. In fact, if the match was marked by anything, it was the unforgivable errors of the local attackers. First, Melamed sent a free kick from the front onto the crossbar. Then Braithwaite appeared in the game, although he is called upon to be the main scorer of this team, he missed very clear chances yesterday. Before half an hour he missed from the penalty spot with his left foot. The forward hit him in the air and the ball hit his right leg. Salvi and Melamed also missed clear situations from very close to the goal. Espanyol seemed to be bowling in the Eldense area, but the ball did not quite go past so many pink rivals.
After the break, Luis García punished Salvi and opted for Keidi Bare with the idea of freeing Edu Expósito, who was very demanding tactically. And following the script against Amorebieta, Braithwaite (min. 50) pushed Omar's cross from the right into the goal. He roared back to a stadium that once again had more than 20,000 spectators at the entrance. The joy did not last long, because in the next play Andone scored the third for Eldense. However, this Espanyol lives like no one else on the wire and did not stop in its search for a comeback. Puado made it 2-3 in the 50th minute with a header. And the stadium became a cauldron.
The last half hour, like everything before, was a constant siege from Espanyol, who with a little more success could have won and even thrashed their rival. It was not like that, due to the haste, but the twelve minutes of added time served to rescue at least one point. Espanyol receives a new serious warning. Overconfidence pays off. Also in Second.
3 - RCD Espanyol: Pacheco; Omar El Hilali, Calero, Cabrera, Ramon (Brian Oliván, min.59); Nico Melamed, Edu Expósito (Lazo, min.88), Pol Lozano (Jofre Carreras, min.69), Salvi (Keidi Bare, min.46); Braithwaite and Puado.
3 - Eldense: Guille Vallejo; Toni Abad, Carlos Hernández, Dumic, Derick Poloni; Chapela (Jorquera, min.79), Ortuño, Timor, Marc Mateu (Bernal, min.68); Soberón (Salcedo, min.58) and Florin Andone (Youness, min.68).
Goals: 0-1, min.10: Soberón; 0-2, min.15: Marc Mateu; 1-2, min.50: Braithwaite; 1-3, min.51: Andone; 2-3, min.59: Handful; 3-3, min.104: Handsome, penalty.
Referee: Moreno Aragón (Madrid committee). He cautioned Ortuño (min.8), Omar El Hilali (min.25), Calero (min.30), Toni Abad (min.45), Dumic (min.47), Chapela (min.77) and Keidi Bare ( min.100).
Incidents: match corresponding to the sixth day of LaLiga Hypermotion played at the Stage Front Stadium in front of 20,772 spectators.
